package mono-runtime-sgen 4.2.1.102+dfsg2-7ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[George P Brown]

there were unmet dependencies during updates after install originally, cleaned them all out then
did :

sudo apt-get -f install It did not go so well ....ubuntu 16.04 this is a clean install then software updates nothing installed yet .

ramakin@navia:~$ apt-cache policy pkgname
N: Unable to locate package pkgname

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mono-runtime-sgen 4.2.1.102+dfsg2-7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 8 19:10:25 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:mono-runtime-sgen:4.2.1.102+dfsg2-7ubuntu4
 Setting up mono-runtime-common (4.2.1.102+dfsg2-7ubuntu4) ...
 update-binfmts: warning: /usr/share/binfmts/cli: no executable /usr/bin/cli found, but continuing anyway as you request
 dpkg: error processing package mono-runtime-sgen (--configure):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: mono
Title: package mono-runtime-sgen 4.2.1.102+dfsg2-7ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)